"straighten" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

straighten verbo

straighten + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 21
straighten one's shoulders • straighten one's legs • straighten one's tie • straighten one's back • straighten one's hair • ...
5. straighten one's spine = prostować czyjś kręgosłup straighten one's spine
6. straighten one's body = prostować czyjś ciało straighten one's body
7. straighten one's knees = prostować czyjś kolana straighten one's knees
  • Now without taking your hands from the ground, try to straighten your knees.
  • They all tried, but their feet caved in every time they straightened their knees.
  • He was mortally wounded, but he straightened his knees and fired.
  • While sitting on a chair, straighten your knees to raise your feet.
  • He slowly straightened his knees to move nearer.
  • Each time he straightened his pudgy knees it was apparent that they were trembling.
  • He straightened his knees, until he was standing, more or less easily.
  • But as she straightened her knees, took her own weight, she realized that there was no way out.
  • Reaching down, I caught hold of a loaded saddle with each hand and straightened my knees.
  • I kept having to say, 'No, no, don't really straighten your knees.
(2) leg, picture
Kolokacji: 2
(3) tie, life
Kolokacji: 2
(4) jacket, tunic
Kolokacji: 2
(6) thing
Kolokacji: 2
straighten + preposición
Kolokacji: 11
straighten out • straighten up • straighten in • straighten with • straighten to • ...
straighten + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 13
straighten slowly • straighten abruptly • straighten suddenly • straighten slightly • straighten quickly • ...

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